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diff --git a/network/wicd/README b/network/wicd/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..6e7b434550 --- /dev/null +++ b/network/wicd/README @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +wicd is a wired and wireless network manager for Linux. + +Some features include: +- Ability to connect to wired and wireless networks +- Profiles for each wireless network and wired network +- Many encryption schemes, some of which include WEP/WPA/WPA2 +- Compatible with wireless-tools + +You will need to start the wicd service at boot by adding the +following to your /etc/rc.d/rc.local: + if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.wicd ]; then + /etc/rc.d/rc.wicd start + fi + +You'll also need to prevent the standard Slackware networking scripts from +starting the network. The easiest way to do this is to remove any interface +definitions from /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf +Alternatively, there are two optional patches (not applied by default) +included in the script tarball and commented out in the build script. +With those patches applied, wicd should work "out of the box" with +unmodified Slackware networking scripts, but the only promise I can make is +"WFM - YMMV" (Works For Me - Your Mileage May Vary). :) + +This requires dbus-python and pygtk; also, you will need to restart or +reload the messagebus service after installing wicd. |